Sport

Triathletes take over a hot Malaga city

CARLOS J. MARTÍNEZ

Malaga's coastal promenade was teeming with athletes by nine o'clock on Sunday morning as 190 participants prepared to take on the Malaga Triathlon, despite warm weather conditions on the day. The first stop for the athletes was the waters of the ... Misericordia beach. The athletes had to swim 1.9 kilometres before taking on the cycling section, which consisted of 85 kilometres -three laps of a route from the coast to Puerto de la Torre. The final section of the race took the form of a 21-kilometre run. ... dished out to Wymmersch for his illegal crossover from bicycle to foot. The fastest female athlete was Patricia Bueno, from Malaga, who recorded a time of four hours and 41 minutes. She has now won the competition for two consecutive years. The three

Sport

Triathletes take over sweltering Malaga

carlos J. martínez

Malaga’s coastal promenade was teeming with athletes by nine o’clock on Sunday morning as 190 participants prepared to take on the Malaga Triathlon, despite very warm weather conditions on the day. The first stop for the athletes was the waters of ... the Misericordia beach. The athletes had to swim 1.9 kilometres before taking on the cycling section, which consisted of 85 kilometres -three laps of a route from the coast to Puerto de la Torre. The final section of the race took the form of a ... time penalty dished out to Wymmersch for his illegal crossover from bicycle to foot. The fastest female athlete was Patricia Bueno, from Malaga, who recorded a time of four hours and 41 minutes. She has now won the competition for two consecutive

Sport

A coach with an Olympic pedigree

Mari Carmen Barea (Malaga, 1966) is one of the athletes from Malaga who has received the highest number of awards in history. She and Theresa Zabell are the only 'Malagueñas' who can say that they have won an Olympic gold medal. Against all ... Spain. She has received several medals and awards, but never from Malaga council. She wasn't even included in the list of award-winning local athletes which has been installed on the Paseo del Deporte, beside the Ciudad de Malaga stadium. Maybe now is the

LifeStyle

Warm welcome for barefoot runner

Jennie Rhodes

British athlete, Julia Chi Taylor has achieved her goal. She arrived in Almuñécar last Saturday, on her 59th birthday, after running 1,000 kilometres barefoot across Spain. Julia started her epic journey in the town of Suances in Cantabria on 23

Sport

Promoting gender equality in sport

ENRIQUE MIRANDA

SUR to create an advisory committee in a bid to help promote equality in its sports coverage and across the newspapers. Malaga captain, Adriana Martín; former Olympic athlete, Dana Cervantes; rugby referee, Alhambra Nievas; former basketball player, ... stressed that, as with all news, certain criteria always had to be applied. How the news is reported Dana Cervantes, as a former elite athlete, spoke from personal experience: “I was always given equal treatment by the federation, in championships, in ... while women's sport is more a thing of beauty, a spectacle.” Alhambra Nievas, who took part via conference call from Santander, said that while her experience with the press has been mostly positive, “a female athlete is often used as a sexual object

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"When an artist aged over 70 or 80 is able to do things which are absolutely new, we are talking about a genius”

REGINA SOTORRÍO

...it critically, but as a representation of an aesthetic and of values. Why are all the athletes males?” asks Francés. In 'Yellow strip', which is nearly eight metres long, one can sense Ronaldinho, a footballer who attracts her attention. There are

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Taking opera to all walks of life

ASH BOLTON

...throw at the Royal Opera House in Madrid, fantastic, there's nothing like hearing the best of the best. They are like Olympic athletes. But you can also see some good productions somewhere local, and have a really good night out without having to spend a

Sport

Marbella Ironman event marred by death of British athlete

JULIO RODRÍGUEZ

A British athlete, who was rescued on Sunday during the swimming stage of the Ironman 70.3 triathlon event in Marbella, died in hospital on Monday. The woman had to be rescued from the sea and was taken to the Costa del Sol hospital after ... suffering cardiorespiratory arrest, according to health service sources. Organisers of the event sent out a statement on Tuesday: “We are profoundly shocked by the news of the death of one of our athletes. Our condolences go out to the family and friends ... British athlete David McNamee was the first across the line, while the first woman was the German, Laura Philipp. McNamee crossed the line after three hours and 57 minutes, seeing off American Chris Leiferman in a sprint to the finish. The German Andreas

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Provincial pride knows no borders

Antonio M. Romero

...the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. It was the first time in 26 years that a Spanish athlete had won a medal at these games. Regino, who was born in Ceuta but has lived in Mijas most of his life and says he is a 'malagueño' by adoption, was the third

Sport

Duane's golden comeback

CARLOS J. MARTÍNEZ

...sport to tackle the psychological issues years of elite sport had inflicted, this was the perfect way to bring an end to two very complicated years for the athlete. Monday was a very intense day for Da Rocha. The Club Natación Mijas swimmer had to take